MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING
GUIDELINES
Instructor’s email address: [email protected]
1. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (11-SESSION CLASSES)
Session Planned learning activities and tea
Course contents Required readings
s ching methods
Course orientation + Project Tomlinson, B. (2014) In Lecture + Discussion
launching troduction, pp. 1 - 17 Assignment of group work
1
Introduction to materials de
velopment
Cunningsworth, A. Lecture + Discussion + Group prese
The coursebook package (1995) ntation – Group 1 (A1)
Chapter 3, p. 25 – 29
2
Principles of materials devel
opment Tomlinson, B. (2014) C
hapter 4, pp. 95 – 118
Tomlinson, B. (2014) C Lecture + Discussion + Group prese
hapter 1, pp. 21 – 48 ntation – Group 5 (A1)
Approaches to & principles Cunningsworth, A.
3
of materials evaluation (1995)
Chapter 1, p. 1 – 7
Tomlinson, B. (1996)
Group presentation of materials selection &
4 Submission of Assignment 1 (A2)
evaluation (Comments + Feedback) (A4)
Tomlinson, B. (2014) C Lecture + Discussion + Group prese
5 Materials adaptation
hapter 2, pp. 49 – 62 ntation – Group 6 (A1)
Materials for the teaching of Lecture + Discussion + Group prese
grammar Tomlinson, B. (2014) C ntation – Group 3 (A1)
6 hapters 16&17, pp. 337
Materials for the teaching of – 364
vocabulary
Group presentation of materials adaptation in
7 terms of grammar & vocabulary (Comments + Submission of Assignment 2 (A2)
Feedback) (A4)
Materials for developing rea Lecture + Discussion + Group prese
ding skills Tomlinson, B. (2014) C ntation – Group 4 (A1)
8 hapters 18&19, pp. 365
Materials for developing wr – 406
iting skills
Coursebook listening activit Tomlinson, B. (2014) C Lecture + Discussion + Group prese
ies hapters 20&21, pp. 407 ntation – Group 2 (A1)
9 – 428
Developing material for spe
aking skills
Group presentation of materials adaptation in
10 terms of 4 language skills (Comments + Feedback) Submission of Assignment 3 (A2)
(A4)
11 Final Project Presentation Oral presentation of group projects
(A4) + Peer feedback + Discussion
Notes: All groups are expected to su
bmit their printout full text on sessio
n 8 for instructor’s comments. All pr
esentations must be ready, too. One
or two representatives from each gro
up will be randomly chosen to prese
nt their output.
2. ASSESSMENT SCHEME
Assessment tasks Scores Weighting
A1. Group presentation 50% Midterm score 30%
A2. Assignments (3) 50%
A3. Reflection paper 30% Final score 70%
A4. Group project 50%
100 pts
100% (Passing Grade: 5/10)
Guidelines for the group presentation, group project, quizzes/ midterm exam and final exam:
(1) Group presentation:
● Students work together in groups of 4 to 6 to synthesize and present (using ppt. or other presentation
formats) the key points from the readings (and with examples/ illustrations to the points presented). E
ach group has 15 minutes to present and 5-10 minutes to answer questions by the instructor and class
mates.
● The presentation must be emailed to the instructor one-day before the presentation day. All class me
mbers must have a copy of presentation handouts (right after the group presentation).
(2) Assignments (in individuals): 3 essays (topics assigned by the instructor) of at least 300 words each.
(3) Reflection paper:
Each student is required to write a reflection paper on:
what they have learned in terms of theories (concepts & principles) and practice of selecting,
evaluating, and adapting the materials upon the completion of the project
how the tasks in the project assist their future teaching practice
The reflection paper should be at least 500-word long. (1.5-line spacing, font size 12, and Times New Ro
man font style, 1-inch margins).
(4) Group project:
● The same group of students chooses a General English coursebook to analyze and evaluate its c
omponents (e.g. grammar content, skills, communicative tasks, etc.) of one representative unit/c
hapter based on the framework for analysis & evaluation discussed in the sessions or synthesize
d by the group. The group of students then adapt the selected materials and design six lesson
plans to teach vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
A suggested outline of the group project paper can be:
Table of content
i. Introduction (present the background and reasons why you choose that coursebook to anal
yse; and state the objectives of your analysis & adaptation of the coursebook)
ii. Theoretical framework for analysis & adaptation (briefly summarizes the key theories,
principles or framework that you will use in your analysis & adaptation of the coursebook;
and explain why you choose them as your theoretical framework)
iii. Analysis/evaluation of the coursebook (in light of the key theories, principles or framew
ork as synthesized in section (ii); identifying both strengths and weaknesses of the textbo
ok as a whole and of the chosen chapter)
iv. Adaptation of the coursebook (based on the analysis, especially the identified weaknesse
s, present what and how you, as a teacher, will explore and adapt the chosen coursebook/u
nit by designing 6 lesson plans; further explain why you propose such a way of adapting t
he coursebook and/or supplement it with additional materials through the design of the
lesson plans)
v. Conclusion
vi. References
vii. Appendices (if any)
● This project should be written and presented in an analytical and synthetic manner that demonstra
tes the writers’ logical thinking and sound argumentation.
● The main text of the paper should be between 2000-2500 words (1.5-line spacing, font size 12, a
nd Times New Roman font style, 1-inch margins).
Given the feedback by the instructor and peers on their oral presentation (Session 11), the group will revise a
nd update their written report for final submission, typically two weeks following the final class session.
VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY-HO CHI MINH CITY
UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
FACULTY OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS & LITERATURE
FULL-TIME PROGRAMME
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GROUP PROJECT
Course: Materials Development for Language
Teaching
Class code:
Student IDs: Students’ names:
Group:
Supervisor: Mr. Bui Manh Bao (M.A.)
Ho Chi Minh City, (Date)
